EVERYTHING IS FINE

My compatriot Brian Fritz posted yet another expose of TNA's inability to pay their people over on the Sporting News. Clearly he's just spreading lies made up by the haters who are trying to skew things with their "facts" and "verifiable information". But still, probably not a good sign. Even if he's lying. Which he clearly must be.

Eh, an owner should always pay his/her employees, but at the very least if there is some problem with the payment process PROVIDE AN APOLOGY AN EXPLANATION. Don't leave people hanging waiting for checks for weeks.

You know what hurts the most is the... the lack of respect. You know? That's what hurts the most. Except for the... Except for the other thing. That hurts the most. But the lack of respect hurts the second most.

It sucks to see another promotion dying. I don't care if a company sucks to the highest level of suckitude, it's at least a place where wrestlers can earn a paycheck and do what they love. I hate to see this.

I thought DAmerica was giving them a ton of money. They won't pay the hard workers but they were trying to throw money at Alberto? Awful company. Everyone there will be better off in the long run when they move on.

TNA dies, WWE continues to alienate Austin, Punk wants to return to wrestling after his UFC run is up.... 2017 may be the year the wrestling business gets back on track if Austin and Punk join up with a new start up, or whatever GFW is at that point.

I got banned from there a year ago. I went in to try and talk wwf1987 back to the blog but before I got to his post to write a reply I couldn't help but reply to some other post and was banned immediately lol.

I used to call in to Fritz's wrestling radio show in Orlando. Be wouldn't put me on with Mikey whipwreck one time because he didn't think I had anything important to say (I was dyeing my hair the same color red as him at the time and wanted tips lol) and I cut a promo on him over email, and we had a little back and forth. Good dude though, did a lot for wrestling in that area.

Tv deals with over twenty networks worldwide, taping months of shows in one go, roster has about 4 big(ish) names and they still have no money. It might have to do with them having absolutely no ability to monetise any aspect of their product, even Progress has an on demand service and they do about 700 for a bif crowd and have no tv.

I have no dog in the fight but some people seem happy that TNA is having problems. I want TNA to make it even though I don't ever watch. Don't look like it's going to happen but I don't celebrate people being out of work.

WWE really buried TNA by not bringing over guys and treating it like a big deal. Having someone like AJ Styles show up and Michael Cole putting him over as a big deal would have given TNA some credibility. Vince was brilliant in no selling TNA.

If you believe in the act enough and push the hell out of it, it will catch on. WWF didn't stand a chance competing against WCW in 96 when WCW had all the big names, so WWF was forced to push new talent and eventually Austin caught on.

The problem with former big stars is that they might be able to spike business, but it's only a temporary measure, but if the promotion manages to push someone young and new in that role, they can make money of that guy for a lot longer.

Because somebody on the booking committee took a look at the TNA roster. They scrolled through the list of names. They saw Jeff Hardy, Bobby Roode, EC3, MVP, Bully Ray, Aries, Joe and then decided that Eric Young had more to offer and he was going to be their guy.

Being the next Rock is a bit of a stretch, but the guy certainly could have made money for the company. I do find it weird that the black demographic is the one overlooked demographic in the wrestling business for the most and it's a demographic that can draw a lot of money if you push the right black wrestler that can capture the audience's imagination.